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'Lawyer up': MAGA operative insists he 'never lied' after posing as Talarico's cousin

A MAGA operative who posed as the cousin of Senate nominee James Talarico (D-TX) in a call that fueled a false psychiatric hospital rumor insists he “never lied.” Rhein Amacher, who says he worked on President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, posted what he called a “final statement” on X early Thursday. The Lindner Center of Hope, a psychiatric hospital in…

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Raw Story· Oct 15, 2:46 PM'Lawyer up': MAGA operative insists he 'never lied' after posing as Talarico's cousin

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